Crossword Answers For: Friday, December 1, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Welcome gifts at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel => LEIS
5 Across: Deputy => AIDE
9 Across: Some parents => MOMS
13 Across: Mount near Taormina => ETNA
14 Across: Passing remark? => IMOUT
15 Across: Nike rival => AVIA
16 Across: *LOL OMG => THEDIVINECOMEDY
19 Across: __ year => GAP
20 Across: Actress Collette => TONI
21 Across: Fatal flaw of some Greek heroes => HUBRIS
22 Across: *CU soon => ONTHEROAD
25 Across: Fuel for some grills => GAS
26 Across: Youngest March sister => AMY
27 Across: Some barbecue remains => ASH
29 Across: Young chap => LAD
32 Across: Tesfaye whose stage name is the Weeknd => ABEL
35 Across: Bandleader's cue => HITIT
37 Across: Old-fashioned before => ERE
38 Across: Classic demonstration, and a way to describe the relationship between each starred clue and its answer => TEXTBOOKEXAMPLE
42 Across: Indifferent review => MEH
43 Across: Queues => LINES
44 Across: Fission target => ATOM
45 Across: Hindu title => SRI
46 Across: Well-worn => OLD
47 Across: Place for a paraffin body wrap => SPA
49 Across: __ choy => BOK
51 Across: *SRY => ATONEMENT
57 Across: Tiny slice => SLIVER
60 Across: Can of worms, maybe => BAIT
61 Across: Narcos org. => DEA
62 Across: *TMI => NOTESONASCANDAL
65 Across: Not buttoned => OPEN
66 Across: Actor Rami => MALEK
67 Across: Send for onboarding => HIRE
68 Across: Some twins => BEDS
69 Across: Beltmaking tools => AWLS
70 Across: Not so much => LESS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Abandon one's inhibitions => LETGO
2 Down: Hawke of The Northman => ETHAN
3 Down: Clumsy => INEPT
4 Down: Like a tear-jerker => SAD
5 Down: __ acid => AMINO
6 Down: Ancient Aegean region => IONIA
7 Down: Not yet settled => DUE
8 Down: Make a lasting impression? => ETCH
9 Down: Green arboreal snake => MAMBA
10 Down: Had to scramble to get out the door, perhaps => OVERSLEPT
11 Down: Calf-length skirt => MIDI
12 Down: Voices => SAYS
14 Down: Cream relative => IVORY
17 Down: Part of a collection => ITEM
18 Down: Really must, informally => OUGHTA
23 Down: Come no further => HALT
24 Down: Palm fruits => DATES
28 Down: Number of suspects in Clue => SIX
30 Down: Alligator Boy in a 2021 Netflix animated film => ARLO
31 Down: Judge to be => DEEM
32 Down: Places for taking notes? => ATMS
33 Down: __ garden => BEER
34 Down: Put on display => EXHIBITED
35 Down: Accord maker => HONDA
36 Down: Barinholtz of History of the World, Part II => IKE
39 Down: Chaps => BLOKES
40 Down: Safflower __ => OIL
41 Down: Polite address => MAAM
47 Down: Former weekend programming block that featured Clarissa Explains It All => SNICK
48 Down: Anti-fur gp. => PETA
50 Down: Bakery features => OVENS
52 Down: Kids' batting game => TBALL
53 Down: Fertile spots => OASES
54 Down: __ Bauer => EDDIE
55 Down: Gets warmer? => NEARS
56 Down: Chaucer works => TALES
57 Down: Nose-in-the-air type => SNOB
58 Down: Casual gait => LOPE
59 Down: Oblong tomato => ROMA
63 Down: Yup opposite => NAW
64 Down: Bruins' org. => NHL

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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